Here is a collection of things to do in Houston during the weekend of the symposium
As we look forward to welcoming you to Houston for Across Two Seas, October 8–10, we wanted to share a few exhibitions, performances, and Houston destinations that may be of interest if you are arriving early, have some free time, or are staying through Sunday.
There is quite a bit happening in the city during our weekend:
At Rice: Moody Center for the Arts
Radiant Geometries: Vectors of Knowledge from the Indigenous Americas brings together artists whose work engages Indigenous knowledge systems and their longstanding relationships with mathematics, science, and technology. On Saturday, October 10, the Moody will also host Dimensions Variable: Danza Azteca Macuilxochitl + Nameless Sound, a free dance and sound activation in the galleries from 3–5 p.m.
The Menil Collection
This is the final weekend to see John Akomfrah’s The Hour Of The Dog, an immersive six-channel video installation exploring youth-led Civil Rights activism in the American South. The exhibition closes Sunday, October 11. Also on view will be Fragility at the Menil Drawing Institute, Jitish Kallat’s new site-specific wall drawing, and Terry Winters: Vitalized Geometry. Admission to the Menil is free.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Especially relevant to our gathering is Art, Place, and Power: Project Row Houses in Houston’s Third Ward, which considers the work of the seven Black artists who founded one of Houston’s most important community-based arts organizations. Also on view are Going Underground: The Jewels of Bernhard Schobinger and The Jewelry of Dorothea Prühl, the first U.S. museum exhibitions devoted to these two influential artists.
Project Row Houses
If you would like to see more of Houston beyond the Museum District, Project Row Houses in the historic Third Ward will have just opened Southern Survey Biennial III, featuring recent work by contemporary artists living and working across the U.S. South.
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
CAMH will be presenting Mary Ellen Carroll: How To Talk Dirty and Influence People, the first major museum survey of Carroll’s more than four-decade conceptual practice.
Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s Undercurrents transforms Houston’s extraordinary underground Cistern into an interactive environment of voices, light, sound, and reflection. Timed reservations are required, so this is one to plan in advance.
A Houston classic: the Menil + Rothko Chapel
The Rothko Chapel is just a short walk from the Menil and is free to visit. If you have only a few hours to explore Houston, the Menil campus and Rothko Chapel make an especially easy pairing.
If you are staying through Sunday:
The Houston Symphony performs Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with pianist Yefim Bronfman, along with Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 3, at 2 p.m. on Sunday, October 11, at Jones Hall.